Are You Caring for Too Many Patients?
If you think you are caring for too many patients at once, and the quality of patient care is compromised, please sign this petition. The National Nurses Organizing Committee in Ohio is campaigning for mandatory ratios to become state law. The petitions will be presented to Governor Strickland and our State legislators in 2008.
Please download this petition and distribute to your colleagues!
Ratio Petition
Upcoming CE Classes in Ohio
Collective Patient Advocacy Series: Strategies to Secure Safe Staffing Standards and RN Patient Advocacy Rights
(May 20, Youngstown, OH | May 22, Dayton, OH)
This class examines the key elements of the Texas Hospital Patient Protection Legislation which includes: (1) safe staffing by patient acuity and ratios; (2) RN rights as patient advocate; (3) RN/patient whistleblower protection of this landmark legislation and its impact on patient protection and the RN right to advocate in the exclusive interest of the patient.
What happened in Ohio with SEIU?
Hospital Chain and Hand Picked Union, SEIU, Forced to Cancel Rigged Election After Protests by RNs and Other Employees - 'A Victory for Employees, Patient Care, and Union Democracy'
After public exposure and protests byt the CNA/NNOC and others, the Catholic Healthcare Partners chain and its hand picked union, the Service Employees International Union, cancelled rigged elections -- called without a single sign of support from the employees -- planned this week for 8,000 registered nurses and other employees at nine Ohio hospitals in Cincinnati, Lima, and Springfield. Since then, SEIU is making every attempt to slander the CNA/NNOC and it's reputation as a high quality union of, by, and for Registered Nurses.
Learn the truth about how SEIU operates:
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